Editing the 18th Century: Boswell Editions & the Franklin Papers

June 23, 2015

Wednesday, June 24, 10:00am, Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall

The papers of James Boswell and Benjamin Franklin, two intellectual giants of the 18th century, are being edited & published by editorial teams based right here in Sterling Memorial Library! Gordon Turnbull (General Editor, Boswell Editions) and Ellen Cohn (Editor, Franklin Papers) will give a presentation about the lives & context of these two men and Yale’s role in bringing their papers out in scholarly editions accessible to everyone.